According to the U.S. Attorney's office, 64-year-old Robert Ferreira is accused of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act when he allegedly shot at, injured, ...

A grand jury has indicted a man in New Jersey on animal cruelty charges for decapitating a bird who stole a French fry from his daughter. Franklin Ziegler, 30, was on Surfside Pier at Morey’s Piers & ...

Police in Spotswood are searching for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed seven geese Monday near a lake in the ...

Mari Mennel-Bell Says: We are calling for the protection of migratory birds and the restitution of funds to implement the law. As the administration removes crucial protections established under the ...

U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha said Monday that a Portsmouth man was charged with violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act after allegedly shooting at multiple hawks in his backyard. Officials said ...

Aug. 4—The U.S. Department of Justice said that 27-year-old Carlos T. Ortiz of Live Oak pleaded guilty Friday to the transportation and receipt of untagged migratory game birds, a violation of ...

Lawrence Small, head of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., was sentenced to two years' probation and 100 hours of community service Friday in Federal Court for violating the ...

The legislation adopted by the House and Senate earlier this month and signed by President Biden last week, reauthorizes the Migratory Bird Conservation Act, making $6.5 million in grant funding ...

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act forbids hunting, capturing or killing the birds unless authorized by permit. A violation is punishable by up to six months' imprisonment and a fine of up to $15,000.

You have to figure wildlife-related federal legislation supported by a coalition including the National Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy and the National Rifle Association has a pretty ...

Not all of us would consider ourselves bird-watchers, at least not of the binocular-toting, knit-capped ooh-looker variety. But most of us do catch ourselves turning quickly to spot a hummingbird ...